Yoshihiko Shinohara

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Chairman and President
Temp Holdings
Japan
Growing from a simple idea picked up while working in Australia, the temporary job agency that Shinohara founded in 1973, Tempstaff, has reached $2.5 billion in revenue, more than 5,000 employees and over a dozen foreign offices. With a dearth of women corporate leaders in Japan, she has become a visible role model for budding female executives and entrepreneurs.